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Crackley & Red Street

Ward

North east Newcastle-under-Lyme. About 6,291 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 16% of people in Crackley & Red Street live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,962
Joint 3,544th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
16%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Crackley & Red Street compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Crackley & Red StreetMiddle
Population21 wards, Newcastle-under-Lyme · 2021
Population: every ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme21 areas from 2,675 to 9,007. The middle area is 5,728. Crackley & Red Street is 5,962.
5,9628th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, Newcastle-under-Lyme · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme21 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 65.0%. Crackley & Red Street is 16.0%.
16%3rd fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, Newcastle-under-Lyme · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme21 areas from 18.6% to 99.8%. The middle area is 96.4%. Crackley & Red Street is 97.2%.
97.2%joint 7th highest
Claimant rate21 wards, Newcastle-under-Lyme · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme21 areas from 0.3% to 6.4%. The middle area is 2.6%. Crackley & Red Street is 3.9%.
3.9%4th highest

Is Crackley & Red Street safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Crackley & Red Street at a rate of 94.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 88.4 per 1,000 people across Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 62 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Crackley & Red Street.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (285), other crime (136) and anti-social behaviour (127).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Newcastle-under-Lyme

These figures are published for the whole of Newcastle-under-Lyme, not for each ward, so they describe all of Newcastle-under-Lyme and not Crackley & Red Street alone. See Newcastle-under-Lyme

Average house price
£208,269
Up 5.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,723
86th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.8×
Joint 78th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.0
Joint 148th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Crackley & Red Street in brief

Crackley & Red Street had 5,962 usual residents at the census.

About 16% of people in Crackley & Red Street live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Crackley & Red Street, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Crackley & Red Street, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.